Lavender cuttings

[GreenGardenGuy1]

@niznet111 I was born with it and replacement is too expensive for my budget.

[teenmod12]

@GreenGardenGuy1 To quote Lady Gaga... "You were born this way, baby"

[lheartlondon]

i like your video. i have much more experience now so i understand more what you're talking about.

[trishthetraveller]

I tried these wonderful tips and they worked treat. Mine survived really well with no water at all in a hot Australian (Sydney) Summer. Be unkind to be kind to your lavender. I watered a small batch and they promptly died. Those neglected loved the dry as a bone sandy soil when transplanted. I guess Sydney is rather like Southern Europe in Summer. Thanks Green Garden Guy. So informative for the audio AND the vid!

[clrrchrd]

Lavender's SUPPOSED to be relaxing...

[GreenGardenGuy1]

@clrrchrd People relax on occasion but lavender is always busy being lavender.

[chest002]

Thank you so much for your thoughtful reply. I love smelling lavendar just after a rain. Wow. OK went to start cuttings, and while I wasnt looking blooms has shot up all over. Not knowing what to do, I cut one and sniped the blooms off, and stuck it in a jiffy plug with growth hormone. So far the experiment is thriving. I will do more after I finish a raised bed garden that I started. Whew, hard work.

[GreenGardenGuy1]

@chest002 I will usually remove the tops of my cuttings with a shear to get rid of soft growth. This usually reduces the amount of flowering shoots. At times the cutting will flower anyway because they are lavender and doing their thing. I currently have Hidcote cuttings in my greenhouse that have started to flower. It is considered undesirable because I want the plants to root and grow leaves. I believe these are probably flowering because they are ready for transplanting.

[chest002]

About lavender. I planted 12) 6in potted Province lavenders in a bed last yApril. I noticed as time went by they began to turn gray and started dieing out. I have about 40 percent left. (Thinking about cuttings at this point). We had a hot dry summer which may be the culprit. However I watered them at least 2-3 time a week. I live in NC. What am I doing to kill my lavender? Can they be saved?

[GreenGardenGuy1]

@chest002 In California I do not water lavender. If your soil is very well drained they will take moisture but if the soil clay, wet conditions usually kill them. Be sure to plant your lavender plants a bit higher than they grew originally. Soil against the lower stem will also endanger their health. Start now to strike some cuttings to replace your lost plants. Use only healthy vigorous stems.

[chest002]

Hi, nice video. I am having a hard time finding the plugs you have. I get results when I google Ready Gro plugs. But what I find are 1 1/2" x 1 1/2' cubes. I do not see any shaped like the ones shown in the video. Do you have any information where I may order the plugs. Thank you William

[GreenGardenGuy1]

@chest002 Type IHort Q Plugs into Google to find the product you are looking for. They make many sizes and also have the trays to hold them. This isn't a retail product though so you will have to buy them by the case load. If you can't use that many try using milled sphagnum peat mixed with perlite and vermiculite instead.

[GreenGardenGuy1]

@lheartlondon Nope, the sponges aren't reusable.

[0987654321libra]

Brilliant!!!......a great teacher. Loved it.

[nixonbennett]

Fantastic demonstration! Thanks so much.

[firebetty74]

I love that a "real man" always carries a wicker basket with him. LOL!!! So true.

[snifferhounds]

Can you do this in the wintertime too?

[GreenGardenGuy1]

@snifferhounds If you have a greenhouse and bottom heat you would have success in the winter. Otherwise the best time for striking most cuttings is in the spring.  I also depends on what you mean by winter. If you winter is mostly above 65 degrees f. then yes.

[seniorwisdom]

man i wish i lived near u!haha

[itstessie]

Just what I needed. Thanks, Bill!

[momiswatching]

Thank you! It is so much easier for me to understand in seeing the procedure being done than reading how to do it.